Hi Ed,(posted 8933 days ago)First of all, thanks for maintaining such a nice site, I've found unblinkingeye.com a real help when I needed a time for a new film and PMK.
I've seen Mr. King's posts on rec.photo.darkroom regarding the original formula (no Phenidone or Potassiume Bromide, but with Metol) in the past, and have been considering trying the formula. Have you printed any of the negatives yet? I'm especially interested in how the highlights come out. Could I trouble you to post your resuting comments here as well?
I've gone back to the original USENET thread on deja.com, and I see that phenidone is the recommendation to perhaps gain film speed (as well as shorten development times). Interesting stuff. I've still got quite a bit of PMK left, but I'm leaning heavily to trying Pyrocat simply because of the decreased toxicity.
Paul Paul